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To: unclewest who wrote (94565)	1/10/2005 5:06:23 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 793820

<<If hunting, sport shooting, national defense and self defense are patriotic, then you are right to say I own guns for patriotic reasons. Doesn't everyone?...except the criminals.>> Why would criminals give up there guns? They already break the laws. Chicago suburb that outlawed handguns, a house was broken into, keys and a vehicle were stolen. The home owner bought a handgun off the streets, takes a month to get a Firearm Owner's ID and then a week wait to buy a gun. The robber came back a week later with a gun while the guy and his wife and kids were going to bed. The owner shot him. Charges were filed against the home owner. Then the Illinois Legislature wrote a law that local and state laws didn't matter if a gun was used to save lives. Nice move by the downstaters.